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According to a car dealer's report, 1/3 of the cars sold [#permalink]
17 Oct 2006, 13:38

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According to a car dealer's report, 1/3 of the cars sold during a certain period were sedans and 1/5 of the other cars sold were station wagons. If N station wagons were sold during that period, how many sedans, in terms of N, were sold?

Question:Since 1/3 of the cars sold during a certain period were sedans can we assume that there are only 2 types of cars and 2/3 of the cars sold during that same period were wagons. Likewise, can we assume that 4/5 of the other cars were sedans?

According to a car dealer's report, 1/3 of the cars sold during a certain period were sedans and 1/5 of the other cars sold were station wagons. If N station wagons were sold during that period, how many sedans, in terms of N, were sold?

Question:Since 1/3 of the cars sold during a certain period were sedans can we assume that there are only 2 types of cars and 2/3 of the cars sold during that same period were wagons. Likewise, can we assume that 4/5 of the other cars were sedans?

Nope, it is apparent that there were more than two types of cars sold during that period. Otherwise, it'd be 1/3rd sedans and 2/3rd wagons.